ON 14 FEBRUARY IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN
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Updated on February 14, 2019
820: Chinese emperor Xianzong, born in 778, and in power since 805, is murdered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xianzong_of_Tang
1718: Death of China’s Ming Dynasty dramatist Kong Shangren, born in 1648
http://what-when-how.com/writers/kong-shangren-kung-shang-jen-writer/
http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Culture/FeelBJ/t1068365.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqxSLDfwFSs
1885: During the Sino-French War, Battle of Shipu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shipu
1912: Birth of Nie Er, Chinese composer best known for March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China, who died on 17 July 1935
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nie_Er
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1041.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6icFnCSF2yA
1950: In Moscow, signature of a Treaty of Amity, alliance and mutual assistance between China and Soviet Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_Treaty_of_Friendship,_Alliance_and_Mutual_Assistance
http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~worldjpn/documents/texts/docs/19500214.T1E.html
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1113.html
1950: During the Chinese Civil War, the National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People’s Liberation Army
http://toknowtheroadahead.blogspot.com/2008/10/battle-of-tianquan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tianquan
1965: Beijing says it could be involved helping Hanoi and warns Washington recalling Korea War
1980: Birth of Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Ye
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=5769
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MHPb-vxjB4
1985: Birth of Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t18144.html
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/yeung_miki.htm
1996: China launches a Long March 3B rocket, carring the Intelsal 708 satellite. The rocket flew off 3 seconds after liftoff and crashed into a rural village
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708
2002: In Taiwan, Yu Shyi-kun becomes Prime Minister, replacing Chang Chun-hsiung, up to 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shyi-kun